Advances in optimization and control : proceedings of the Conference &quot,Optimization Days 86&quot,, held at Montreal, Canada, April 30-May 2, 1986

Advances in Optimization and Control: Proceedings of the Conference “Optimization Days 86” Held at Montreal, Canada, April 30 – May 2, 1986
Author: Prof. Dr. H. A. Eiselt, Prof. Dr. G. Pederzoli
Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg
ISBN: 978-3-540-18962-6
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-46629-8

Table of Contents:

• Matrix Differential Equations and Lyapunov Transformations
• Theory and Methods for Global Optimization — An Integral Approach
• The Beta-Algorithm for Mathematical Programming
• Polynomial Algorithms for Linear Programming
• A Class of Asymptotically Optimal Strip-Packing Heuristics
• An Efficient Implicit Enumeration Algorithm for the Maximum Clique Problem
• An Optimal O(n2)-Algorithm to Fold Special PLA’s
• A Mixed Integer Programming Model for Planning an Integrated Services Network
• A General Heuristic for Node Routing Problems
• The Shortest Path Problem for the Construction of Vehicle Routes with Pick-Up, Delivery and Time Constraints
• A Vehicle Flow Model for the Optimal Design of a Two-Echelon Distribution System
• An Approximate Solution to a Capacitated Plant Location Problem Under Uncertain Demand
• Reward Allocations in Production Systems
• On the Existence of Sequential Equilibria in Markov Renewal Games
• Computing Optimal Checkpointing Policies: A Dynamic Programming Approach
• Dynamic Stochastic Optimization Problems in the Framework of Forecast and Decision Horizons
• Decision Horizon, Overtaking and 1-Optimality Criteria in Optimal Control
• Bilinear Control: Geometric Properties of Reachable Sets
• Sufficient Conditions for Optimality and Supported Trajectories for Optimal Control Problems Governed by Volterra Integral Equations
• Behavioural Strategy of Some Controlled Predator-Prey Systems

Includes bibliographical references and index